The contribution of the shipping sector to the fight against climate change and, particularly, to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions has been high on the maritime agenda for the last decade. In this context, the International Maritime Organization and the European Union, two international organizations that strive to regulate shipping emissions, adopt several policies, measures, or tools to that end. This article explores whether and to what extent the decisions of the two respective organizations will have geopolitical repercussions that might affect shipping and trade operations. The findings, at least for the time being, suggest that existing climate policies are diverging, thereby increasing the complexity and uncertainty of the geopolitical landscape. This results in multiple potential scenarios concerning which countries will assume leadership in maritime fuel trading.
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Amidst escalating geopolitical tensions between major economic powers (China and the USA), the sanctions-driven standoff between Russia and the West, and the deteriorating military-political situation in the Middle East, the resilience of international maritime routes and the search for alternatives to ensure the secur...
Climate change is reshaping maritime infrastructures and requires ports to move beyond isolated asset protection towards more integrated adaptation strategies. This paper examines how climate-change adaptation is operationalised in French commercial ports within the framework of PNACC 3 and the national warming traject...
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The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was adopted before climate change became a central concern of international environmental law, and it is not a climate treaty. Its provisions on the protection of the marine environment nevertheless supply a working framework for climate-related marine harm, and...
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Maritime ports in Europe are undergoing significant decarbonisation, driven by initiatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals and IMO and EU regulations. Ports serve as important logistical hubs within the European Union’s transport system, given that over 70% of the EU’s external trade by weight is seaborne and...
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As the world goes through a period of growing geopolitical uncertainty and accelerating climate change, the Conference of Parties (COP) provides an important platform for nations to come together and strengthen global climate governance. At the recently held COP30, three major outcomes emerged: the launch of Tropical...
